NFT: Ronald Acuña Jr. has homered in 5 straight games

Living in NC, I get the Braves & that dude is a beast. A lot of people thought Atlanta was a year away, but they're definitely a contender to win a wide open NL.

In comment 14039241 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:

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Living in NC, I get the Braves & that dude is a beast. A lot of people thought Atlanta was a year away, but they're definitely a contender to win a wide open NL.

I thought they were a year away also. Nobody expected these fluke seasons from Markakis, Anibal Sanchez, and Charlie Culberson. I knew the rotation would be good down the stretch but Foltynewicz has been much better than I expected. Even their GM said prior to the season that this was an evaluation year. It's been a fun season after 4 years of horrific performances.

I root for the Cubs because my brother in law is a freaking die-hard. He writes weekly reports to myself & other family members about the team & figuratively lives & dies with them. But he's not a big fan of this 2018 team & thinks that, while they currently have the best record in the NL, they're not going to go far if they make the playoffs.

Gun to my head, I think Braves win NL East, Cubs win Central, & Dodgers win NL West. Brewers & Phillies are WC.

Aaron Nola has been a top 5 pitcher this season.

He will attempt to return in September to help in the bullpen.

in major league history to homer in his first official AB in 5 straight games.

just hit his second home run of the game.

In his last 9 games.

6 in his last 5 games.

Insane.

Pitcher Patrick Weigel returned from TJ surgery to pitch in his first game last night. Weigel was set to make his MLB debut last season before Lucas Sims, Max Fried, and Luiz Gohara but then he suffered the injury. No reports on how his velocity looked last night. Weigel touched 100 before the injury.

Could've been even better Ohtani didn't go down.

Intentionally plunked and went down for a while. Benches cleared.